Minimal Important Change of the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Following Surgery

Minimal Important Change of the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Following Surgery - Minimal Important Change of the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Following Surgery

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000061561

Enrollment

Registered

2026-06-01

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Esophageal cancer

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer or esophagogastric junction cancer Patients aged 20 years or older at the time of informed consent Patients able to walk independently preoperatively Patients scheduled to undergo elective esophagectomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who underwent reoperation within 3 weeks after surgery Patients with comorbidities that could affect the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) (e.g., musculoskeletal or neurological disorders causing gait impairment, such as pain or impaired balance ability) Patients unable to understand the QLQ-C30 questionnaire due to visual or hearing impairment, or cognitive dysfunction Patients with missing data for the 6-minute walk distance and QLQ-C30 physical functioning score at both preoperative assessment and 3 weeks postoperatively

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
six-minute walk distance	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire - C30	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShusuke toyama

Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Physical Therapy Science

hnsnore225@gmail.com095-819-7963

Outcome results